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¹ Then Booz went up to the gate, and sat there. And when he had seen the kinsman going by, of whom he had spoken before, he said to him, calling him by his name: Turn aside for a little while, and sit down here. He turned aside, and sat down. ² And Booz, taking ten men of the ancients of the city, said to them: Sit ye down here. ³ They sat down, and he spoke to the kinsman: Noemi, who is returned from the country of Moab will sell a parcel of land that belonged to our brother Elimelech. ⁴ I would have thee to understand this, and would tell thee before all that sit here, and before the ancients of my people. If thou wilt take possession of it by the right of kindred: buy it, and possess it: but if it please thee not, tell me so, that I may know what I have to do. For there is no near kinsman besides thee, who art first, and me, who am second. But he answered: I will buy the field. ⁵ And Booz said to him: When thou shalt buy the field at the woman's hand, thou must take also Ruth, the Moabitess, who was the wife of the deceased: to raise up the name of thy kinsman in his inheritance. ⁶ He answered: I yield up my right of next akin: for I must not cut off the posterity of my own family. Do thou make use of my privilege, which I profess I do willingly forego. ⁷ Now this in former times was the manner in Israel between kinsmen, that if at any time one yielded his right to another: that the grant might be sure, the man put off his shoe and gave it to his neighbour; this was a testimony of cession of right in Israel. ⁸ So Booz said to his kinsman: Put off thy shoe. And immediately he took it off from his foot. ⁹ And he said to the ancients, and to all the people: You are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and Chelion's, and Mahalon's, of the hand of Noemi: ¹⁰ And have taken to wife Ruth, the Moabitess, the wife of Mahalon, to raise up the name of the deceased in his inheritance lest his name be cut off, from among his family and his brethren and his people. You, I say, are witnesses of this thing. ¹¹ Then all the people that were in the gate, and the ancients, answered: We are witnesses: The Lord make this woman who cometh into thy house, like Rachel, and Lia, who built up the house of Israel: that she may be an example of virtue in Ephrata, and may have a famous name in Bethlehem: ¹² And that the house may be, as the house of Phares, whom Thamar bore unto Juda, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman. ¹³ Booz therefore took Ruth, and married her: and went in unto her, and the Lord gave her to conceive, and to bear a son. ¹⁴ And the women said to Noemi: Blessed be the Lord, who hath not suffered thy family to want a successor: that his name should be preserved in Israel. ¹⁵ And thou shouldst have one to comfort thy soul, and cherish thy old age. For he is born of thy daughter in law: who loveth thee: and is much better to thee, than if thou hadst seven sons. ¹⁶ And Noemi taking the child, laid it in her bosom, and she carried it, and was a nurse unto it. ¹⁷ And the women, her neighbours, congratulating with her, and saying, There is a son born to Noemi, called his name Obed: he is the father of Isai, the father of David. ¹⁸ These are the generations of Phares: Phares begot Esron, ¹⁹ Esron begot Aram, Aram begot Aminadab, ²⁰ Aminadab begot Nahasson, Nahasson begot Salmon, ²¹ Salmon begot Booz, Booz begot Obed, ²² Obed begot Isai, Isai begot David.

² And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and magnify thy name, and thou shalt be blessed.

¹⁷ And when Abraham prayed, God healed Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bore children:

¹⁶ And when Abraham had heard this, he weighed out the money that Ephron had asked, in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred sicles of silver, of common current money. ¹⁷ And the field that before was Ephron's, wherein was the double cave, looking towards Mambre, both it and the cave, and all the trees thereof, in all its limits round about, ¹⁸ Was made sure to Abraham for a possession, in the sight of the children of Heth, and of all that went in at the gate of his city.

¹⁸ Was made sure to Abraham for a possession, in the sight of the children of Heth, and of all that went in at the gate of his city.

²⁷ Saying: Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not taken away his mercy and truth from my master, and hath brought me the straight way into the house of my master's brother.

⁶⁰ Wishing prosperity to their sister, and saying: Thou art our sister, mayst thou increase to thousands of thousands; and may thy seed possess the gates of their enemies.

²¹ And Isaac besought the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and he heard him, and made Rebecca to conceive.

¹⁸ And Jacob being in love with her, said: I will serve thee seven years for Rachel, thy younger daughter. ¹⁹ Laban answered: It is better that I give her to thee than to another man; stay with me.

²⁷ Make up the week of days of this match: and I will give thee her also, for the service that thou shalt render me other seven years.

³¹ And the Lord seeing that he despised Lia, opened her womb, but her sister remained barren. ³² And she conceived and bore a son, and called his name Ruben, saying: The Lord saw my affliction: now my husband will love me.

³⁵ The fourth time she conceived and bore a son, and said: Now will I praise the Lord: and for this she called him Juda. And she left bearing.

² And Jacob being angry with her, answered: Am I as God, who hath deprived thee of the fruit of thy womb?

²² The Lord also remembering Rachel, heard her, and opened her womb. ²³ And she conceived, and bore a son, saying: God hath taken away my reproach.

⁵ And lifting up his eyes, he saw the women and their children, and said: What mean these? And do they belong to thee? He answered: They are the children which God hath given to me, thy servant.

¹⁶ And going forth from thence, he came in the spring time to the land which leadeth to Ephrata: wherein when Rachel was in travail, ¹⁷ By reason of her hard labour, she began to be in danger, and the midwife said to her: Fear not, for thou shalt have this son also. ¹⁸ And when her soul was departing for pain, and death was now at hand, she called the name of her son Benoni, that is, the son of my pain: but his father called him Benjamin, that is, the son of the right hand. ¹⁹ So Rachel died, and was buried in the highway that leadeth to Ephrata, this is Bethlehem. ²⁰ And Jacob erected a pillar over her sepulchre: this is the pillar of Rachel's monument, to this day.

⁸ Juda, therefore, said to Onan his son: Go in to thy brother's wife and marry her, that thou mayst raise seed to thy brother.

²⁹ But he drawing back his hand, the other came forth: and the woman said: Why is the partition divided for thee? and therefore called his name Phares.

¹¹ And there I will feed thee, (for there are yet five years of famine remaining) lest both thou perish, and thy house, and all things that thou hast.

⁸ And these are the names of the children of Israel, that entered into Egypt, he and his children. His firstborn Ruben, ⁹ The sons of Ruben: Henoch and Phallu, and Hesron and Charmi. ¹⁰ The sons of Simeon: Jamuel and Jamin and Ahod, and Jachin and Sohar, and Saul, the son of a woman of Chanaan. ¹¹ The sons of Levi: Gerson and Caath, and Merari. ¹² The sons of Juda: Her and Onan, and Sela, and Phares and Zara. And Her and Onan died in the land of Chanaan. And sons were born to Phares: Hesron and Hamul.

¹² The sons of Juda: Her and Onan, and Sela, and Phares and Zara. And Her and Onan died in the land of Chanaan. And sons were born to Phares: Hesron and Hamul. ¹³ The sons of Issachar: Thola and Phua, and Job and Semron. ¹⁴ The sons of Zabulon: Sared, and Elon, and Jahelel. ¹⁵ These are the sons of Lia, whom she bore in Mesopotamia of Syria, with Dina, his daughter. All the souls of her sons and daughters, thirty-three. ¹⁶ The sons of Gad: Sephion and Haggi, and Suni and Esebon, and Heri and Arodi, and Areli. ¹⁷ The sons of Aser: Jamne and Jesua, and Jessuri and Beria, and Sara their sister. The sons of Beria: Heber and Melchiel. ¹⁸ These are the sons of Zelpha, whom Laban gave to Lia, his daughter. And these she bore to Jacob, sixteen souls. ¹⁹ The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. ²⁰ And sons were born to Joseph, in the land of Egypt, whom Aseneth, the daughter of Putiphare, priest of Heliopolis, bore him: Manasses and Ephraim. ²¹ The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Bechor, and Asbel and Gera, and Naaman and Echi, and Ross and Mophim, and Ophim and Ared. ²² These are the sons of Rachel, whom she bore to Jacob: all the souls, fourteen. ²³ The sons of Dan: Husim. ²⁴ The sons of Nephthali: Jaziel and Guni, and Jeser and Sallem. ²⁵ These are the sons of Bala, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter: and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls, seven. ²⁶ All the souls that went with Jacob into Egypt, and that came out of his thigh, besides his sons' wives, sixty-six. ²⁷ And the sons of Joseph, that were born to him in the land of Egypt, two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, that entered into Egypt, were seventy.

¹² And he nourished them, and all his father's house, allowing food to every one.

²¹ And provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, in whom there is truth, and that hate avarice, and appoint of them rulers of thousands, and of hundreds, and of fifties, and of tens, ²² Who may judge the people at all times: and when any great matter soever shall fall out, let them refer it to thee, and let them judge the lesser matters only: that so it may be lighter for thee, the burden being shared out unto others.

⁸ If she displease the eyes of her master to whom she was delivered, he shall let her go: but he shall have no power to sell her to a foreign nation, if he despise her.

²⁵ If thy brother being impoverished sell his little possession, and his kinsman will: he may redeem what he had sold.

²⁵ If thy brother being impoverished sell his little possession, and his kinsman will: he may redeem what he had sold. ²⁶ But if he have no kinsman, and he himself can find the price to redeem it: ²⁷ The value of the fruits shall be counted from that time when he sold it. And the overplus he shall restore to the buyer, and so shall receive his possession again. ²⁸ But if his hands find not the means to repay the price, the buyer shall have what he bought, until the year of the jubilee. For in that year all that is sold shall return to the owner, and to the ancient possessor. ²⁹ He that selleth a house within the walls of a city, shall have the liberty to redeem it, until one year be expired.

⁷ Of Juda, Nahasson the son of Aminadab.

¹ After the blood of the guilty was shed, the Lord said to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron, the priest: ² Number the whole sum of the children of Israel from twenty years old and upward, by their houses and kindreds, all that are able to go forth to war. ³ Moses therefore and Eleazar the priest, being in the plains of Moab upon the Jordan over against Jericho, spoke to them that were ⁴ From twenty years old and upward, as the Lord had commanded: and this is the number of them: ⁵ Ruben the firstborn of Israel. His sons were Henoch, of whom is the family of the Henochites: and Phallu, of whom is the family of the Phalluites: ⁶ And Hesron, of whom is the family of the Hesronites: and Charmi, of whom is the family of the Charmites. ⁷ These are the families of the stock of Ruben: whose number was found to be forty-three thousand seven hundred and thirty. ⁸ The son of Phallu was Eliab. ⁹ His sons, were Namuel and Dathan and Abiron. These are Dathan and Abiron the princes of the people, that rose against Moses and Aaron in the sedition of Core, when they rebelled against the Lord: ¹⁰ And the earth opening her mouth swallowed up Core, many others dying, when the fire burned two hundred and fifty men. And there was a great miracle wrought, ¹¹ That when Core perished, his sons did not perish. ¹² The sons of Simeon by their kindreds: Namuel, of him is the family of the Namuelites: Jamin, of him is the family of the Jaminites: Jachim, of him is the family of the Jachimites: ¹³ Zare, of him is the family of the Zarites: Saul, of him is the family of the Saulites. ¹⁴ These are the families of the stock of Simeon, of which the whole number was twenty-two thousand two hundred. ¹⁵ The sons of Gad by their kindreds: Sephon, of him is the family of the Sephonites: Aggi, of him is the family of the Aggites: Suni, of him is the family of the Sunites: ¹⁶ Ozni, of him is the family of the Oznites: Her, of him is the family of the Herites: ¹⁷ Arod, of him is the family of the Arodites: Ariel, of him is the family of the Arielites. ¹⁸ These are the families of Gad, of which the whole number was forty thousand five hundred. ¹⁹ The sons of Juda, Her and Onan, who both died in the land of Chanaan. ²⁰ And the sons of Juda by their kindreds were: Sela, of whom is the family of the Selaites: Phares, of whom is the family of the Pharesites: Zare, of whom is the family of the Zarites.

²⁰ And the sons of Juda by their kindreds were: Sela, of whom is the family of the Selaites: Phares, of whom is the family of the Pharesites: Zare, of whom is the family of the Zarites. ²¹ Moreover the sons of Phares were: Hesron, of whom is the family of the Hesronites: and Hamul, of whom is the family of the Hamulites.

²¹ Moreover the sons of Phares were: Hesron, of whom is the family of the Hesronites: and Hamul, of whom is the family of the Hamulites. ²² These are the families of Juda, of which the whole number was seventy-six thousand five hundred.

²² These are the families of Juda, of which the whole number was seventy-six thousand five hundred. ²³ The sons of Issachar, by their kindreds: Thola of whom is the family of the Tholaites: Phua, of whom is the family of the Phuaites: ²⁴ Jasub, of whom is the family of the Jasubites: Semran, of whom is the family of the Semranites. ²⁵ These are the kindreds of Issachar, whose number was sixty-four thousand three hundred. ²⁶ The sons of Zabulon by their kindreds: Sared, of whom is the family of the Saredites: Elon, of whom is the family of the Elonites: Jalel, of whom is the family of the Jalelites. ²⁷ These are the kindreds of Zabulon, whose number was sixty thousand five hundred. ²⁸ The sons of Joseph by their kindred, Manasses and Ephraim. ²⁹ Of Manasses was born Machir, of whom is the family of the Machirites. Machir begot Galaad, of whom is the family of the Galaadites. ³⁰ Galaad had sons: Jezer, of whom is the family of the Jezerites: and Helec, of whom is the family of the Helecites: ³¹ And Asriel, of whom is the family of the Asrielites: and Sechem, of whom is the family of the Sechemites: ³² And Semida, of whom is the family of the Semidaites: and Hepher, of whom is the family of the Hepherites. ³³ And Hepher was the father of Salphaad, who had no sons, but only daughters, whose names are these: Maala, and Noa, and Hegla, and Melcha, and Thersa. ³⁴ These are the families of Manasses, and the number of them fifty-two thousand seven hundred. ³⁵ And the sons of Ephraim by their kindreds were these: Suthala, of whom is the family of the Suthalaites: Becher, of whom is the family of the Becherites: Thehen, of whom is the family of the Thehenites. ³⁶ Now the son of Suthala was Heran, of whom is the family of the Heranites. ³⁷ These are the kindreds of the sons of Ephraim: whose number was thirty-two thousand five hundred. ³⁸ These are the sons of Joseph by their families. The sons of Benjamin in their kindreds: Bela, of whom is the family of the Belaites: Asbel, of whom is the family of the Asbelites: Ahiram, of whom is the family of the Ahiramites: ³⁹ Supham, of whom is the family of the Suphamites: Hupham, of whom is the family of the Huphamites. ⁴⁰ The sons of Bela: Hered, and Noeman. Of Hered, is the family of the Heredites: of Noeman, the family of the Noemanites. ⁴¹ These are the sons of Benjamin by their kindreds, whose number was forty-five thousand six hundred. ⁴² The sons of Dan by their kindreds: Suham, of whom is the family of the Suhamites: These are the kindreds of Dan by their families. ⁴³ All were Suhamites, whose number was sixty-four thousand four hundred. ⁴⁴ The sons of Aser by their kindreds: Jemna, of whom is the family of the Jemnaites: Jessui, of whom is the family of the Jessuites: Brie, of whom is the family of the Brieites. ⁴⁵ The sons of Brie: Heber, of whom is the family of the Heberites: and Melchiel, of whom is the family of the Melchielites. ⁴⁶ And the name of the daughter of Aser, was Sara. ⁴⁷ These are the kindreds of the sons of Aser, and their number fifty-three thousand four hundred. ⁴⁸ The sons of Nephtali by their kindreds: Jesiel, of whom is the family of the Jesielites: Guni, of whom is the family of the Gunites: ⁴⁹ Jeser, of whom is the family of the Jeserites: Sellem, of whom is the family of the Sellemites. ⁵⁰ These are the kindreds of the sons of Nephtali by their families: whose number was forty-five thousand four hundred. ⁵¹ This is the sum of the children of Israel, that were reckoned up, six hundred and one thousand seven hundred and thirty. ⁵² And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ⁵³ To these shall the land be divided for their possessions according to the number of names. ⁵⁴ To the greater number thou shalt give a greater portion, and to the fewer a less: to every one, as they have now been reckoned up, shall a possession be delivered: ⁵⁵ Yet so that by lot the land be divided to the tribe and families. ⁵⁶ Whatsoever shall fall by lot, that shall be taken by the more, or the fewer. ⁵⁷ This also is the number of the sons of Levi by their families: Gerson, of whom is the family of the Gersonites: Caath, of whom is the family of the Caathites: Merari, of whom is the family of the Merarites. ⁵⁸ These are the families of Levi: The family of Lobni, the family of Hebroni, the family of Core. Now Caath begot Amram: ⁵⁹ Who had to wife Jochabed the daughter of Levi, who was born to him in Egypt. She bore to her husband Amram sons, Aaron and Moses, and Mary their sister. ⁶⁰ Of Aaron were born Nadab and Abiu, and Eleazar and Ithamar: ⁶¹ Of whom Nadab and Abiu died, when they had offered the strange fire before the Lord. ⁶² And all that were numbered, were twenty-three thousand males from one month old and upward: for they were not reckoned up among the children of Israel, neither was a possession given to them with the rest. ⁶³ This is the number of the children of Israel, that were enrolled by Moses and Eleazar the priest, in the plains of Moab upon the Jordan, over against Jericho. ⁶⁴ Among whom there was not one of them that were numbered before by Moses and Aaron in the desert of Sinai. ⁶⁵ For the Lord had foretold that they should die in the wilderness. And none remained of them, but Caleb the son of Jephone, and Josue the son of Nun.

¹⁸ Thou shalt appoint judges and magistrates in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, in all thy tribes: that they may judge the people with just judgment,

⁵ Thou shalt bring forth the man or the woman, who have committed that most wicked thing, to the gates of thy city, and they shall be stoned.

¹⁹ They shall take him and bring him to the ancients of the city, and to the gate of judgment,

⁵ When brethren dwell together, and one of them dieth without children, the wife of the deceased shall not marry to another: but his brother shall take her, and raise up seed for his brother: ⁶ And the first son he shall have of her he shall call by his name, that his name be not abolished out of Israel.

⁶ And the first son he shall have of her he shall call by his name, that his name be not abolished out of Israel. ⁷ But if he will not take his brother's wife, who by law belongeth to him, the woman shall go to the gate of the city, and call upon the ancients, and say: My husband's brother refuseth to raise up his brother's name in Israel: and will not take me to wife.

⁷ But if he will not take his brother's wife, who by law belongeth to him, the woman shall go to the gate of the city, and call upon the ancients, and say: My husband's brother refuseth to raise up his brother's name in Israel: and will not take me to wife. ⁸ And they shall cause him to be sent for forthwith, and shall ask him. If he answer: I will not take her to wife: ⁹ The woman shall come to him before the ancients, and shall take off his shoe from his foot, and spit in his face, and say: So shall it be done to the man that will not build up his brother's house:

⁹ The woman shall come to him before the ancients, and shall take off his shoe from his foot, and spit in his face, and say: So shall it be done to the man that will not build up his brother's house: ¹⁰ And his name shall be called in Israel, the house of the unshod.

¹⁰ You all stand this day before the Lord your God, your princes, and tribes, and ancients, and doctors, all the people of Israel,

²⁸ Gather unto me all the ancients of your tribes, and your doctors, and I will speak these words in their hearing, and will call heaven and earth to witness against them.

⁹ The Chanaanites, and all the inhabitants of the land, will hear of it, and being gathered together will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do to thy great name?

² He was named Elimelech, and his wife Noemi: and his two sons, the one Mahalon, and the other Chelion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem Juda. And entering into the country of Moab, they abode there.

¹⁶ She answered: Be not against me, to desire that I should leave thee and depart: for whithersoever thou shalt go, I will go: and where thou shalt dwell, I also will dwell. Thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. ¹⁷ The land that shall receive thee dying, in the same will I die: and there will I be buried. The Lord do so and so to me, and add more also, if aught but death part me and thee. ¹⁸ Then Noemi seeing that Ruth was steadfastly determined to go with her, would not be against it, nor persuade her any more to return to her friends:

¹¹ And he answered her: All hath been told me, that thou hast done to thy mother in law after the death of thy husband: and how thou hast left thy parents, and the land wherein thou wast born, and art come to a people which thou knewest not heretofore. ¹² The Lord render unto thee for thy work, and mayst thou receive a full reward of the Lord the God of Israel, to whom thou art come, and under whose wings thou art fled.

¹¹ Fear not therefore, but whatsoever thou shalt say to me I will do to thee. For all the people that dwell within the gates of my city, know that thou art a virtuous woman. ¹² Neither do I deny myself to be near of kin, but there is another nearer than I.

¹² Neither do I deny myself to be near of kin, but there is another nearer than I. ¹³ Rest thou this night: and when morning is come, if he will take thee by the right of kindred, all is well: but if he will not, I will undoubtedly take thee, so the Lord liveth: sleep till the morning.

¹³ Rest thou this night: and when morning is come, if he will take thee by the right of kindred, all is well: but if he will not, I will undoubtedly take thee, so the Lord liveth: sleep till the morning.

¹² And that the house may be, as the house of Phares, whom Thamar bore unto Juda, of the seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young woman.

¹⁸ These are the generations of Phares: Phares begot Esron,

²¹ Salmon begot Booz, Booz begot Obed, ²² Obed begot Isai, Isai begot David.

⁸ Then Elcana, her husband, said to her: Anna, why weepest thou? and why dost thou not eat? and why dost thou afflict thy heart? Am not I better to thee than ten children?

²⁷ For this child did I pray, and the Lord hath granted me my petition, which I asked of him.

⁵ They that were full before, have hired out themselves for bread: and the hungry are filled, so that the barren hath borne many: and she that had many children is weakened.

²⁰ And Heli blessed Elcana and his wife: and he said to him: The Lord give thee seed of this woman, for the loan thou hast lent to the Lord. And they went to their own home.

¹ And the Lord said to Samuel: How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, whom I have rejected from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and come, that I may send thee to Isai, the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

⁸ So she wrote letters in Achab's name, and sealed them with his ring, and sent them to the ancients, and the chief men that were in his city, and that dwelt with Naboth.

⁴ And Thamar his daughter in law bore him Phares and Zara. So all the sons of Juda were five.

⁴ And Thamar his daughter in law bore him Phares and Zara. So all the sons of Juda were five. ⁵ And the sons of Phares, were Hesron and Hamul. ⁶ And the sons also of Zare: Zamri, and Ethan, and Eman, and Chalchal, and Dara, five in all. ⁷ And the sons of Charmi: Achar, who troubled Israel, and sinned by the theft of the anathema. ⁸ The sons of Ethan: Azarias, ⁹ And the sons of Hesron that were born to him: Jerameel, and Ram, and Calubi. ¹⁰ And Ram begot Aminadab, and Aminadab begot Nahasson, prince of the children of Juda. ¹¹ And Nahasson begot Salma, the father of Booz. ¹² And Booz begot Obed, and Obed begot Isai.

¹⁵ The sixth Asom, the seventh David.

¹ The sons of Juda: Phares, Hesron, and Charmi and Hur, and Sobal.

⁷ When I went out to the gate of the city, and in the street they prepared me a chair?

²¹ If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, even when I saw myself superior in the gate:

¹ For David, when he changed his countenance before Achimelech, who dismissed him, and he went his way. [1 Samuel 21] ^(34:2) I will bless the Lord at all times, his praise shall be always in my mouth. ^{2 (34:3)} In the Lord shall my soul be praised: let the meek hear and rejoice. ^{3 (34:4)} O magnify the Lord with me; and let us extol his name together.

^{16 (34:17)} But the countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil things: to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

^{22 (55:23)} Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall not suffer the just to waver for ever.

¹ For David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul: and let all that is within me bless his holy name. ² Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never forget all he hath done for thee.

¹⁵ May they be before the Lord continually, and let the memory of them perish from the earth:

⁵ Acceptable is the man that sheweth mercy and lendeth: he shall order his words with judgment:

⁹ Who maketh a barren woman to dwell in a house, the joyful mother of children.

³ Behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb.

³ Behold the inheritance of the Lord are children: the reward, the fruit of the womb. ⁴ As arrows in the hand of the mighty, so the children of them that have been shaken. ⁵ Blessed is the man that hath filled the desire with them; he shall not be confounded when he shall speak to his enemies in the gate.

³ Thy wife as a fruitful vine, on the sides of thy house. Thy children as olive plants, round about thy table. ⁴ Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. ⁵ May the Lord bless thee out of Sion: and mayst thou see the good things of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. ⁶ And mayst thou see thy children's children, peace upon Israel.

⁶ Behold we have heard of it in Ephrata: we have found it in the fields of the wood.

¹⁰ Among the proud there are always contentions: but they that do all things with counsel, are ruled by wisdom.

¹ A wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish will pull down with her hands that also which is built.

²² He that hath found a good wife, hath found a good thing, and shall receive a pleasure from the Lord. He that driveth away a good wife, driveth away a good thing: but he that keepeth an adulteress, is foolish and wicked.

²⁴ A man amiable in society, shall be more friendly than a brother.

¹⁴ House and riches are given by parents: but a prudent wife is properly from the Lord.

¹⁰ Who shall find a valiant woman? far, and from the uttermost coasts is the price of her. ¹¹ The heart of her husband trusteth in her, and he shall have no need of spoils.

²³ Her husband is honourable in the gates, when he sitteth among the senators of the land.

² And I took unto me faithful witnesses, Urias the priest, and Zacharias the son of Barachias. ³ And I went to the prophetess, and she conceived, and bore a son. And the Lord said to me: Call his name, Hasten to take away the spoils: Make hast to take away the prey.

¹ And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.

¹ And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root. ² And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: the spirit of wisdom, and of understanding, the spirit of counsel, and of fortitude, the spirit of knowledge, and of godliness. ³ And he shall be filled with the spirit of the fear of the Lord, He shall not judge according to the sight of the eyes, nor reprove according to the hearing of the ears. ⁴ But he shall judge the poor with justice, and shall reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.

⁴ Even to your old age I am the same, and to your grey hairs I will carry you: I have made you, and I will bear: I will carry and will save.

¹⁹ And thy seed had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof: his name should not have perished, nor have been destroyed from before my face.

¹ All you that thirst, come to the waters: and you that have no money make haste, buy, and eat: come ye, buy wine and milk without money, and without any price.

⁷ Behold, Hanameel the son of Sellum thy cousin shall come to thee, saying: Buy thee my field, which is in Anathoth, for it is thy right to buy it, being next akin. ⁸ And Hanameel my uncle's son came to me, according to the word of the Lord, to the entry of the prison, and said to me: Buy my field, which is in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and thou art next of kin to possess it. And I understood that this was the word of the Lord. ⁹ And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that is in Anathoth: and I weighed him the money, seven staters, and ten pieces of silver. ¹⁰ And I wrote it in a book and sealed it, and took witnesses: and I weighed him the money in the balances. ¹¹ And I took the deed of the purchase that was sealed, and the stipulations, and the ratifications with the seals that were on the outside. ¹² And I gave the deed of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neri the son of Maasias in the sight of Hanameel my uncle's son, in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, and before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.

²⁵ And sayest thou to me, O Lord God: Buy a field for money, and take witnesses, whereas the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans?

¹⁴ The ancients have ceased from the gates: the young men from the choir of the singers.

² And I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a core of barley, and for half a core of barley.

¹² Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and was a keeper for a wife.

¹⁰ They have hated him that rebuketh in the gate: and have abhorred him that speaketh perfectly. ¹¹ Therefore because you robbed the poor, and took the choice prey from him: you shall build houses with square stone, and shall not dwell in them: you shall plant most delightful vineyards, and shall not drink the wine of them. ¹² Because I know your manifold crimes, and your grievous sins: enemies of the just, taking bribes, and oppressing the poor in the gate.

¹⁵ Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be the Lord the God of hosts may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.

² And thou Bethlehem Ephrata, art a little one among the thousands of Juda, out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be the ruler in Israel: and his going forth is from the beginning, from the days of eternity.

⁶ O, O flee ye out of the land of the north, saith the Lord, for I have scattered you into the four winds of heaven, saith the Lord.

² And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will destroy the names of idols out of the earth, and they shall be remembered no more: and I will take away the false prophets, and the unclean spirit out of the earth.

¹⁴ And you have said: For what cause? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee, and the wife of thy youth, whom thou hast despised: yet she was thy partner, and the wife of thy covenant.

³ And Judas begot Phares and Zara of Thamar. And Phares begot Esron. And Esron begot Aram.

³ And Judas begot Phares and Zara of Thamar. And Phares begot Esron. And Esron begot Aram. ⁴ And Aram begot Aminadab. And Aminadab begot Naasson. And Naasson begot Salmon.

⁴ And Aram begot Aminadab. And Aminadab begot Naasson. And Naasson begot Salmon. ⁵ And Salmon begot Booz of Rahab. And Booz begot Obed of Ruth. And Obed begot Jesse.

⁵ And Salmon begot Booz of Rahab. And Booz begot Obed of Ruth. And Obed begot Jesse.

⁵ And Salmon begot Booz of Rahab. And Booz begot Obed of Ruth. And Obed begot Jesse. ⁶ And Jesse begot David the king. And David the king begot Solomon, of her that had been the wife of Urias.

⁶ And Jesse begot David the king. And David the king begot Solomon, of her that had been the wife of Urias.

⁶ And Jesse begot David the king. And David the king begot Solomon, of her that had been the wife of Urias. ⁷ And Solomon begot Roboam. And Roboam begot Abia. And Abia begot Asa. ⁸ And Asa begot Josaphat. And Josaphat begot Joram. And Joram begot Ozias. ⁹ And Ozias begot Joatham. And Joatham begot Achaz. And Achaz begot Ezechias. ¹⁰ And Ezechias begot Manasses. And Manasses begot Amon. And Amon begot Josias. ¹¹ And Josias begot Jechonias and his brethren in the transmigration of Babylon. ¹² And after the transmigration of Babylon, Jechonias begot Salathiel. And Salathiel begot Zorobabel. ¹³ And Zorobabel begot Abiud. And Abiud begot Eliacim. And Eliacim begot Azor. ¹⁴ And Azor begot Sadoc. And Sadoc begot Achim. And Achim begot Eliud. ¹⁵ And Eliud begot Eleazar. And Eleazar begot Mathan. And Mathan begot Jacob. ¹⁶ And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. ¹⁷ So all the generations from Abraham to David, are fourteen generations. And from David to the transmigration of Babylon, are fourteen generations: and from the transmigration of Babylon to Christ are fourteen generations. ¹⁸ Now the generation of Christ was in this wise. When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child, of the Holy Ghost. ¹⁹ Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing publicly to expose her, was minded to put her away privately. ²⁰ But while he thought on these things, behold the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife, for that which is conceived in her, is of the Holy Ghost.

⁶ And thou Bethlehem the land of Juda art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come forth the captain that shall rule my people Israel.

²⁴ Saying: Master, Moses said: If a man die having no son, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up issue to his brother.

⁵⁸ And her neighbors and kinsfolks heard that the Lord had shewed his great mercy towards her: and they congratulated with her.

⁵⁸ And her neighbors and kinsfolks heard that the Lord had shewed his great mercy towards her: and they congratulated with her. ⁵⁹ And it came to pass that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child: and they called him by his father's name Zachary. ⁶⁰ And his mother answering, said: Not so. But he shall be called John. ⁶¹ And they said to her: There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. ⁶² And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. ⁶³ And demanding a writing table, he wrote, saying: John is his name. And they all wondered.

³¹ Who was of Melea, who was of Menna, who was of Mathatha, who was of Nathan, who was of David, ³² Who was of Jesse, who was of Obed, who was of Booz, who was of Salmon, who was of Naasson, ³³ Who was of Aminadab, who was of Aram, who was of Esron, who was of Phares, who was of Judas,

²⁸ Saying: Master, Moses wrote unto us: If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he leave no children, that his brother should take her to wife and raise up seed unto his brother.

¹² And they stirred up the people and the ancients and the scribes. And running together, they took him and brought him to the council.

¹⁵ Rejoice with them that rejoice: weep with them that weep.

¹⁷ To no man rendering evil for evil. Providing good things, not only in the sight of God but also in the sight of all men.

²⁶ And if one member suffer any thing, all the members suffer with it: or if one member glory, all the members rejoice with it.

²¹ For we forecast what may be good, not only before God but also before men.

²⁵ Husbands, love your wives, as Christ also loved the church and delivered himself up for it:

⁸ For the rest, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever modest, whatsoever just, whatsoever holy, whatsoever lovely, whatsoever of good fame, if there be any virtue, if any praise of discipline: think on these things.

¹⁸ In all things give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you all.

³ We are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, as it is fitting, because your faith groweth exceedingly and the charity of every one of you towards each other aboundeth.

⁴ Marriage honourable in all, and the bed undefiled. For fornicators and adulterers God will judge.